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The chief designer of the LTS talks about the features of the new Checkmate aircraft

On the first day of the MAKS-2021 air Show, the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of the Rostec State Corporation) held a presentation of a new light tactical aircraft (LTS).

Today, the XV International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2021 opened in Zhukovsky, near Moscow, and its work will last until July 25. The event is attended by the Concern of East Kazakhstan Region "Almaz-Antey" - existing and promising samples of civil, dual-use and military products of 14 subsidiaries of the holding are presented at the exhibition sites, according to an official press release.

The VRT-500 light helicopters, which are being created by the Russian-Emirati joint venture BP-Technologies, will receive a hybrid engine, said Denis Manturov, head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.

The Checkmate light tactical fighter (LTS) is a light "cavalry" capable of making unexpected moves and deciding the outcome of the entire party, Sergey Chemezov, CEO of Rostec State Corporation, explained the name of the aircraft in an interview with RIA Novosti at the MAKS-2021 air Show.

The Pentagon has seen reports of a test of a hypersonic Zircon missile in Russia and believes that such weapons have a destabilizing effect, said John Kirby, a representative of the US military department.

In Japan, the wired Internet speed record has been broken. This is reported by the publication Interesting Engineering. Information about the new record was revealed during the International Conference on Fiber-optic Communication.

In the medium term, Russia plans to occupy 10% of the global arms market with its reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Dmitry Shugaev, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of Russia, said in an interview with RIA Novosti on the eve of the MAKS-2021 air show.

The test took a few seconds

SpaceX conducted static tests of the engines of the Super Heavy launch vehicle on Monday, which is expected to launch the Starship spacecraft into low-Earth orbit for further flight to Mars.

Russia with a new single-engine aircraft, the prototype of which will be presented by Rostec on the first day of the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2021, plans to take a significant share of the international market in the segment of single-engine fighters of the fifth generation, Dmitry Shugaev, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) of Russia, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

For the first time, Russia will present the Orion-E export drone in a strike version, Dmitry Shugaev, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS), told RIA Novosti in an interview.

The Kronstadt company is ready to provide flying platforms for testing technologies and technical solutions for integrating unmanned aircraft systems into a single airspace.

To create an engine, a state decision and funding are required, said Mikhail Remizov, Deputy General Director of the United Engine Corporation for Strategy

The United Engine Corporation (part of Rostec) is initiating research work on a sixth-generation engine for combat aviation.

About 3.7 billion rubles were allocated for the creation of the Russian ultraviolet space telescope "Spectrum-UV" in the period up to 2025. The device will become an analogue of the American Hubble telescope. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the data of the public procurement website.

Rostec State Corporation has published a photo of the aircraft on Facebook, which will be the main premiere of the MAKS-2021 aerospace Salon. In the footage, the aircraft is covered with a black cover, and the caption reads "Wanna see me naked?" (literally, "Do you want to see me naked?" - approx. The tapes.ru)

The deputy General Director of the UEC, Mikhail Remizov, said that in the unmanned sphere, it is necessary to strive to maximize the use of existing engines and their adaptations

Modern and promising Russian aircraft engines, which are already used, for example, on Yak-130 or Il-112B aircraft, have a good potential for use on military drones.

The Almaz-Antey Aerospace Defense Concern will show for the first time at the MAKS-2021 Aerospace Salon an upgraded Wolf-18 drone designed to intercept and destroy mini-drones, the company's press service reported on Friday.

The light floating tank "Octopus-SDM1" was tested in the Black Sea.

This is the first stage of testing the machine in marine conditions, the Rostec state Corporation reported. The tank confirmed the possibility of transportation by large landing ships, as well as its own high water-carrying qualities.

In early July, as part of the development work (R & D) on the modernization of the Uragan MLRS, VOLATAVTO OJSC (Republic of Belarus) successfully completed preliminary tests of the 9P140MB combat vehicle.

The ZALA Aero company (part of Kalashnikov )will present the ZALA 421-16E5G unmanned aerial system at the MAKS-2021 International Aerospace Salon, the press service of the concern reported.

The light floating tank "Octopus-SDM1" has successfully passed the first stage of testing in the Black Sea. On the air of Sputnik radio, a military expert, retired Colonel Viktor Litovkin, told about the car.